RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Congenital corneal staphyloma: clinical, radiological, and pathological correlation.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 427
OP 430
DO 10.1136/bjo.70.6.427
VO 70
IS 6
A1 S. R. Leff
A1 J. A. Shields
A1 J. J. Augsburger
A1 A. D. Sakowski, Jr
A1 C. J. Blair
YR 1986
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/70/6/427.abstract
AB A 2-year-old child was referred because of a prominent blind left eye with an opaque cornea. Although extraocular extension of a retinoblastoma was an initial diagnostic possibility, computed tomography (CT) showed only a large globe with a corneal staphyloma. Because of the cosmetically unacceptable appearance the involved eye was enucleated. The clinical, CT, and histopathological features of congenital corneal staphyloma are discussed, as well as the possible pathogenic mechanisms.